OHR Press Releases

The High Representative and EU Special Representative (HR/EUSR) Valentin Inzko discussed the current political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina with David Lidington, the UK Minister of State for Europe, in Sarajevo today. The HR/EUSR Inzko outlined that scant progress in forming the state level authorities is having a detrimental effect on BiH c [...]

Bosnia and Herzegovina can catch up with its neighbours if BiH citizens are empowered to influence policy and if present opportunities to circumvent obstacles to European integration are seized, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said today.

Leading young people in Bosnia and Herzgeovina can offer the political establishment an alternative to failure, EU Special Representative and High Representative Valentin Inzko said today.

High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko warmely welcomed today's announcement by EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton that Peter Sorenesen has been chosen as the new Head of the EU Delegation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The arrest of Ratko Mladic means that justice can now take its course, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said today. Welcoming the arrest he described it as an affirmation that “no one is untouchable”

The recent statement made by a religious leader about Emir Suljagic must be strongly repudiated, High Representative and EU Special Representative Valentin Inzko said today.

The political situation in BiH remains of great concern agreed the High Representative and EU Special Representative in BiH Valentin Inzko and Head of OSCE Mission to BiH Ambassador Gary D. Robbins during an exchange of views with democracy experts of the Committee of Ministers Rapporteur Group at the Council of Europe (CoE) in Strasbourg today.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing the most serious challenge to the Dayton Peace Agreement since it was signed in 1995 said High Representative and EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Valentin Inzko when he met with US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg in Washington today.

Since the first celebration of Europe Day in 1986, 9 May has became an opportunity for European citizens to mark a belonging to Europe and European values.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) faces its worst political crises since the end of the war in 1995. The Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement (DPA) that brought the country peace for 15 years is exposed to serious violations, High Representative and European Union Special Representative Valentin Inzko told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) today in New [...]